Workload, error detection, and experienced stress in a simulated pharmacy verification task

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-46

  Reilley, Sean ^a   Grasha, Anthony F ^b   Schafer, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL STRESS; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036690619     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.1.27     Document Type: Article

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